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DELIBERATE SELF-HARM USING YEW LEAVES (Taxus baccata) |
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| Authors: | J Stebbing BA HL Simmons BM BCh J Hepple MCRCPsych |
| Affiliation: | 1. Trinity College, Oxford;2. Worcester College, Oxford;3. John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford |
| Abstract: | SUMMARY In this report describing a case of deliberate self-harm using yew leaves, there is a brief discussion of the rarity of self-harm using plant toxins and of the toxic effects of Taxus baccata itself. |
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